Medical marijuana is yet another topic that the Missouri governor candidates have differing views on.

While Gov. Parson doubles down on his stance to fight the many pending lawsuits lodged by different medical marijuana business applicants, his opponent, Nicole Galloway, takes a different approach.

Galloway says, after conducting a thorough investigation, she would potentially remove marijuana czar Lyndall Fraker from his position.

Currently there are 853 appeals pending in the courts.

“I don’t have any control over who sues,” Parson told reporters during a campaign stop in Columbia. “We’ve got to defend the state and we’re going to defend the state’s position. We’re going to fight against people who sue this state. We’ve got people who are suing this state all the time. Those are things we’ve got to deal with.”

Parson’s appointees in the Department of Health and Senior Services made the controversial decision to grant only the minimum number of medical marijuana business licenses, a decision which is at the heart of these lawsuits.

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